Ki no Kotori

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Ki no Kotori　紀小鳥

aka Tace of Foxele, Maria Katerina von Adlerhof

Persona:

  • Ki no Kotori 紀小鳥 is a 10th century (Heian Era) Japanese courtier who has taken Buddhist vows（Heian Era). She is my primary Persona.
  • Tace of Foxele is 12th century Anglo-Saxon lady living in Norman-occupied England, at Foxele (modern Foxholes), in Yorkshire, 9 miles south of Scarborough.
  • Maria Katerina von Adlerhof is a 16th century Austrian, in the service of the Habsburg Imperial Court in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
  • Link to Calontir Armorial - http://armorial.calontir.org/Pages/KiTorame.htm

History in the SCA:


  • Timeline:
    • I started in the SCA in 1991, in the Barony of the Flame (Louisville, KY), Middle Kingdom
    • Originally I was a heavy-weapons fighter. Injuries have sidelined me.
    • AOA awarded by King Jafar and Queen Catherine, Midrealm 3/12/1994 for Service as Chronicler and at Demos.
    • Became Squire to Sir David Dragonhawk, 9/24/1994
    • Baronial award: Order of the Flamberge by Baroness Cordelia Tichy, Barony of the Flame, 1995, for Service
      at Demos.
    • Moved to Calontir after I met my husband, Alfgeirr skytja. We lived in Coeur d'Ennui from 1998-2001.
    • We moved to Dubuque in 2001 and started the Riverwatch contact group in mid-2002. It disbanded in 2006. After that, we were honorary members of the Shire of Deodar.
    • Golden Swan awarded by King Valens and Queen Susannah for Calligraphy & Illumination 5/24/2003
    • Torse awarded by King Joe-Angus and Queen Phaedra for service to the Riverwatch contact group 1/31/2004
    • We moved to the Kansas City metro area in December 2012 and live in the Shire of Cum an Iolair.
    • First event: Summer's End Tournament, Barony of the Flame, Middle Kingdom, Sept. 1991.
    • Link to Calontir OP -http://op.calontir.org/persona.php?p=2986
Summer's End Tournament, Barony of the Flame, Midrealm, 1993. I'm on the left with the red bandana.
Summer's End Tournament, Barony of the Flame, Midrealm, 1993. I'm on the left with the red bandana.

  • Groups and Affiliations:
    • Current Group: Cum an Iolair
    • Previous Groups: Shire of Deodar, Riverwatch contact group (Dubuque, IA), Barony of Coeur d'Ennui, Barony of the Flame (Midrealm)
    • Guilds, Households, etc: Scribal guild, Bardic guild, squired to Sir David Dragonhawk (Midrealm) 1994-present, House Drachenstein (Midrealm) 1992-1994.

  • Offices:
    • Local Offices: Talon Herald, Deputy Exchequer (Shire of Cum an Iolair); Past: Chatelaine (Shire of Cum an Iolair) Deputy Seneschal, Chronicler (Barony of the Flame); Contact person, Herald, Knight's Marshal, Exchequer (Riverwatch)
    Regional Offices: Assistant Signet (Southern Oaken Region, Midrealm, 1994), Lanner Herald Committee (Calontir 2016-2018)
    • Kingdom Offices: None
    • SCA-wide Offices: None
    • Other service: Autocrat of five events: Summer's End (1993), Collegium (1994), Christmas Tourney (1993, 1994) in Barony of the Flame, and Triskelion at Riverwatch (2004)

Riverwatch Contact Group, Dubuque, IA, 2003
Riverwatch Contact Group, Dubuque, IA, 2003


  • Classes Taught:
    • Basic Calligraphy: Carolingian, Insular Majuscule, Insular Minuscule, Half-Uncial, Shodo (many times)
    • Scroll layout (many times)
    • The Medieval Middle East (Collegium, Barony of the Flame, 1994)
    • How to do Documentation (Riverwatch, 2002)
    • T-Tunic Tutorial (Riverwatch, 2002, 2003)
    • Let's Renga! (Riverwatch, 2003)
    • Let's Tanka! (Riverwatch, 2004)
    • Successful Event Planning (RUSH, Le Grande Tent, 2003; Flynthill 2005)
    • Panel: Design Elements of 16th Century Japanese Clothing (Clothiers, 2017)
    • Kosode Construction: Stitches, Tips, and Tricks (Clothiers, 2017)

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